Rate this ~$550 budget build

[Jadester]

Hello guys and gals, a friend of mine is selling his PS4 and wanted me to put together a part list for him with a max budget of $600. I tried to go below his max though because I know he would love to save a few bucks, heres what I put together :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($53.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($106.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $534.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 01:40 EDT-0400


I can probably Frankenstein a optical drive from his old PC and save around $20, but anything here that you guys would change? Thanks for the read.

 

[Icaraeus]

Don't know why he would bother selling the PS4. There are a lot of good games coming out for it end of this year and all throughout next year. About the PC, try and get a better power supply. Corsair Builder is low quality.

 

[CTurbo]

That psu is terrible. You can get a R7 265 for about the same price or a little less, and it's better than the 750ti.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $522.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 01:50 EDT-0400

 

[Jadester]

That psu is terrible. You can get a R7 265 for about the same price or a little less, and it's better than the 750ti.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec Green 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $522.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-23 01:50 EDT-0400

Thanks turbo, I had looked into the whole 750ti vs 265 a couple months ago for someone else too, but I totally forgot about it this time! Also, with this being even cheaper than my build I'll look into it for sure.